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EIGHTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



A Bllili 



For an act providing for the appointment of a State Inspector of Apiaries, 

 and prescribing his powers and duties. 



Whereas,. The disease known as foul 

 brood exists to a very considerable 

 extent in various portions of this 

 State, which if left to itself wall soon 

 exterminate the honey bees; and. 



Whereas, The work done by an in- 

 dividual bee-keeper or by a State In- 

 spector is useless so long as the of- 

 ficial is not given authority to inspect 

 and if need be destroy the disease 

 when found; and 



Whereas, There is a great loss to the 

 bee-keepers and fruit-growers of tlie 

 State each year by the devastating 

 ravages of foul brood: 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the 

 People of the State of Illinois, repre- 

 sented in the General Assembly: That 

 the Governor shall appoint a State 

 Inspector of Apiaries, who shall hold 

 his office for the term of two years 

 and until his successor is appointed 

 and qualified. 



Sec. 2. Said Inspector shall, when 

 notified of the existence of the disease 

 known as foul brood among apiaries, 

 examine all such as are so reported 

 and all others in the same locality and 

 ascertain whether or not such disease 

 exists, and if satisfied of its existence, 

 shall give the owner or the person who 

 has the care of such apiaries full in- 

 structions as to the manner of treat- 

 ing them. In case the owner of a dis- 

 eased apiary shall refuse to treat his 

 bees or allow them to be treated as 

 directed by the said Inspector, then 

 the said Inspector may burn all the 



colonies and all the combs necessary 

 to prevent the spread of the disease, 

 provided, said Inspector shall, before 

 burning, give one day's notice to the 

 owner or other person who has the 

 care of the colonies of bees and comb, 

 that in his judgment should be burned. 



Sec. 3. The Inspector shall, on or 

 before the second Monday of December 

 in each calendar year, make a report 

 to the Governor and also to the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, stat- 

 ing the number of apiaries visited, the 

 number of those diseased and treated, 

 the number of colonies of bees de- 

 stroyed, and the expense incurred in 

 the performance of his duties. Said 

 Inspector shall receive four dollars 

 for each day actually and necessarily 

 spent in the performance of his duties 

 and be reimbursed for the money ex- 

 pended by him in defraying his ex- 

 penses, out of the appropriation 

 inade to the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, provided, that the 

 total expenditure for such purposes 

 shall not exceed six hundred dollars 

 per year. 



Sec. 4. Any owner of a diseased 

 apiary or appliances taken therefrom, 

 who shall sell, barter or give away any 

 such apiary, appliance, or bees from 

 such apiary, expose other bees to the 

 danger of contracting such disease, or 

 refuse to allow the Inspector of Api- 

 aries to inspect such apiary, or appli- 

 ances, shall be fined not less than fifty 

 dollars nor more than one hundred 

 dollars. 



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